Tag Archives: General District Court

A lawyer from Lynchburg is ready to take on Sussex County over a charge of driving without proof of insurance. M. Paul Valois said he was appalled at his recent experience as a traffic defendant. Not only was he charged ...

Several judges seeking reelection by the 2012 General Assembly have run into trouble over criminal disposition issues raised during interviews Dec. 9 before a panel of the House Courts of Justice Committee. Committee members alerted incumbent judges last April to ...

Judges in Richmond and Petersburg say they will continue to maintain mental health dockets in general district court, despite a Nov. 16 memo from Virginia Chief Justice Cynthia D. Kinser suggesting some specialized court programs in Virginia may lack General ...

The 2011 General Assembly increased the jurisdictional level for general district court from $15,000 to $25,000, effective July 1. Personal injury lawyers are poised to take advantage of that hike and the benefits of the lower level court – trials ...

A formerly obscure legal procedure has been thrust into the limelight by lawyers seeking to reopen long-closed criminal cases to keep their immigrant clients from being deported. Even though the Supreme Court of Virginia appeared to close the door on ...

A proposal to raise the jurisdictional limit for civil cases from $15,000 to $25,000 cleared the civil subcommittee of the Senate Courts of Justice Committee yesterday. Senate Bill 774, patroned by A. Donald McEachin, D-Richmond, had the support of the ...

Plaintiffs with minor personal injury claims and other civil litigators with small-scale claims may have greater access to Virginia general district courts under a pending legislative proposal. But not everyone thinks that’s a good idea. The plan, contained in two ...

A federal grand jury in Richmond indicted former state Del. Phillip A. Hamilton today on charges of bribery and extortion. Hamilton lost his seat in the House and on the powerful Appropriations Committee in 2009 after disclosures that he sought ...

Charlottesville lawyer Frank Buck will appear in court today, defending a misdemeanor charge that he assaulted a client. According to an account in The Hook, Charlottesville’s alternative weekly, Buck and a client argued in a J&DR courtroom during a court ...